Pineapple-centering attachment.



H. G. GINAGA. PINEAPPLE GENTERING ATTACHMENT,

- APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1912.

1,075,031; 7 P ten ted (M11913.

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HENRY GABRIEL GINACA, or HONOLULU, TERRITORY or HAWAH, AssreNon ro HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE COMPANY, LTD, or HONOLULU, 'rnzanrronr or HAWAII.

P'I'NEA'PPLE-CENTERING ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 14, 1a12. Serial 110,731,378.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY GABRIEL GINAOA', a citizen of the United States, re

siding at Honolulu, county of Honolulu, Territory of Hawan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pineapple The object of the invent-ion is to provide means to incise or slit the rind or outer portion of the fruit while the fruit is within and is moved through the centering attachment,

the bottom of the incision being longitudinal and parallel to the arms of the centered fruit.

I The incision or slitting of the fruit takes place in one or'several'places in its circumference. When thus slit or incised the rind or outer portion ofthe fruit may thereafter i be easily removed in any suitable manner.

The invention contemplates a centering attachment of the kind above mentioned,

- means for supporting one or more knives within the frame of the attachment, and means for-adjusting the position of said knife or knives with respect to the axis of the attachment, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents in front elevation a centering attachment for pineapple machines embodying a preferred fornr of my improvements. Fig;

2 isa sectional view on the-line A-B of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, as the device for centering the fruit is-the same as that described 1n my application above referred to, a description of the same is herein 'omitted.; The frame 1 of the attachment is preferably rovided at its front and'rear ends with t e lugs 2 and 3 respectively, as shown. j Flat bars at are bolted to the lugs 2 and 3 respectively by the bolts 5, such that thesebars are within the frame 1 and are arallel th the axis of the attachment. lotted holes 4* are provided transversely PatentedOct.7,-1@13.

the adjustment of each bar 4 with respect'to the axis of the attachment, that is to say,-

each bar 41- may be moved toward or away from said axis and when in the desired posi-,

tion may then be firmly clamped by the bolts 5 to the lugs 2 and 3. A knife 6 is removably attached by the bolts 7 to each bar 4, with its cutting edge 6 turned forward and inward between the bar 4 and the axis 'of the attachment. I

or knives 6 and be longitudinally incised thereby 'at the same time that said fruit is moved through the attachment, and that the bottom.of each incision will therefore be parallel to the axis ofthe centered fruit,

and that means are provided for adjusting I each knife 6 by moving as described the bar 4: to which itis attached 'so that these incisions may be made any amount desired.

-,I am aware that knives have been used to incise the fruit in coring and sizing machines, but

hat I claim is:-

1. In a -pineapple centering attachment, means to automatically center the fruit, and means carried by said attachment but independent of the centering means to incise the outer portion of the fruit simultaneously with the movement of the fruit through the said attachment, the bottom of each incision being parallel with. the axis of the fruit.

2. In a pineapple centering device of the kind described, means to center the fruit and means independent of said first-named means for incising the enter portion only of the fruit while the fruit is moved through said centering device, the bottom of the incision being parallel with the axis of the fruit. I

3. In a pineapple centering attachment, the combination of means to center the fruit, and means independent of said first-named means to incise longitudinally the outer portlOn only of the fruit during the centering the operation, the bottom of the incision being center the fruit, for supporting a 11s knife Within the frame of the .attachment,'

said knife being independentof said firstnamed means and means for adjusting the position of said knife with respect to the axis of the attachment.

5. In a pineapple centering device, a

frame, means to center the fruit, lugs carried by said frame, a bar adjustably secured to said lugs, and a knife attached to said bar and adapted'to incise the outer portion 10 of the fruit, said knife being independent of said fruit Centering means. T

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

- HENRY GABRIEL GINACA. Witnesses:

ARTHUR FJEWART Row. J. PRATT. 

